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From Monday’s Globe and Mail Economists expect a shift in global bond and currency markets in 2006 as interest rates around the world begin to converge.
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Dollar rises on mortgage rescue plan (CNN Money) The dollar gained against most foreign currencies Monday as traders cheered the U.S. government's plan to rescue ailing mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.read more...
Thirty-year mortgage rate jumps to nearly a 4-year high (Market Watch) LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- After two weeks of declines, long-term mortgage rates turned sharply north in the week ending Thursday, with 30-year rates hitting the highest level in nearly four
First Magnus, big mortgage lender, halts loans (Reuters via Yahoo! News) First Magnus Financial Corp., one of the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, said on Thursday it has stopped funding home loans and taking mortgage loan applications because investors are
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Paris Hilton Heads Out Of the Hills The celebrity socialite has has put her Los Angeles home on the market for $4.25 million; Anne Heche is asking just under $3.8 million for her residence; and more.
Upscale residential offerings escaping subprime mortgage crisis (BizJournals) The phrase "mortgage meltdown 2007" may reflect a true crisis situation with mortgage foreclosures rising and new home sales to entry-level home buyers declining in many states. But the Texas